Quote Post

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Quote post

• Official docs: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/quote-posts/
• Official PR: Add documentation for Mastodon 4.5 quote post features mastodon/documentation#1710

Basic cases

• Quote button/menu Status quote button mastodon/mastodon#35822
• Quotes count Add quotes_count to statuses stats mastodon/mastodon#35832
• List quotes of a post Add ability to list quotes of one's own posts mastodon/mastodon#35914
• Quote in composer Composer Quote UI mastodon/mastodon#35805
• Quote notifications Add quote notifications to WebUI mastodon/mastodon#35653
• Keyboard shortcut 'q' for quoting Add hotkey Q for quoting the currently focused post mastodon/mastodon#35941
• Client-side hide/filter quotes in timeline Add ability to filter quote posts in home timeline mastodon/mastodon#34946

Special cases

Quotes can be filtered

"fix: Allow quotes to be filtered" mastodon/mastodon#34786

Quotes hidden by filters, are shown

"fix: Show hint for quotes hidden by filter" mastodon/mastodon#34790

Remove quote post from a post

"Add UI for revoking quote posts" mastodon/mastodon#35689

Edit post allows changing quote policy

"Allow editing status quote policy" mastodon/mastodon#35762

Post visibility	Quote policy	Screenshot
Public	any
Unlisted/Quiet	Anyone/Followers only
Unlisted/Quiet	No one
Followers only	No one
Direct mention	No one

Extra labels for manually-reviewed quote

"Enable quotes of manually-reviewed quotes with a different label" mastodon/mastodon#35925

"Change wording of disabled quote state to “You are not allowed to quote this post”" mastodon/mastodon#36129

Onboarding for users to remove their own quoted post on a post

"Add first-time user education hint about quote removal on Quote notifications" mastodon/mastodon#35986

Quoting a quiet public post = quite public post, even when visibility is set to Public(?)

"Show hint explaining post visibility when quoting a "quiet public" post" mastodon/mastodon#36065

Another filter for limited users

"Add click-through for quoted limited accounts" mastodon/mastodon#36167

If post content empty + quote, cannot submit. If post content empty, CW not empty + quote, can submit

"Fix not being able to author quotes with CW but no text" mastodon/mastodon#36153

Extra copy when viewing quotes of a post

"Add UI support for displaying quotes of other people's posts" mastodon/mastodon#36301

Paste link will add quote into composer

"Add feature to automatically attach quote on eligible link past in Web UI composer" mastodon/mastodon#36364

Hidden post due to blocked user, muted user or blocked domain

"Change display of blocked and muted quoted users" mastodon/mastodon#36619

QP from non-mentioned users in a Private Mention is not allowed

"Prevent creation of Private Mentions quoting someone who is not mentioned" mastodon/mastodon#36689

• "Disable paste-link-to-quote flow when composing Private Mentions" Disable paste-link-to-quote flow when composing Private Mentions mastodon/mastodon#36690
• "Quote Posts: Add notifications for DMs and private posts" Quote Posts: Add notifications for DMs and private posts mastodon/mastodon#36696

Bugs

"quote_approval_policy & quoted_status_id returns integer in ScheduledStatus" mastodon/mastodon#36536

Additional notes:

• Grouped notifications for quotes?
  • “X people quoted your post”
  • Nope, they can't be grouped. They are treated the same way like replies.
• RE: is prepended, not appended
• When there’s a quote, cannot embed media and poll
  • Bluesky allows media (doesn't have poll)
  • X allows media, not poll
  • Threads allows media or poll (NOT quote + media + poll)

  Mastodon: ✅ Quote ❌ Media ❌ Poll
  Bluesky: ✅ Quote ✅ Media 🚫 Poll (doesn't exist)
  X: ✅ Quote ✅ Media ❌ Poll
  Threads: ✅ Quote ✅ Media OR ✅ Poll

• Reply with quote
• Legacy X feature:
  • If there’s no comment added to quote post, it’ll become a repost.
  • Bluesky allows quote post without comment (post content).
  • Threads allows quote post without comment (post content).
  • Mastodon requires post content with quote post.
• Quotes of a post posted by author can only be viewed by the author https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#quotes “The user token must be owned by the author of the status.”
  • Update: can be viewed by anyone Add UI support for displaying quotes of other people's posts mastodon/mastodon#36301
• Edit post cannot remove/replace quote.
• Disable/hide quotes from specific accounts https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/@beep/115265239717452396
• Quote filter in profiles?
• Search option for quote posts?
• Quote a post that's deleted later? Submitting the post will return 404 with {"error":"The post you are trying to quote does not appear to exist."}
• Schedule a post that quotes a post that's deleted later?